TREATMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL WASTEWATER BY ACOUSTIC CAVITATION

Authors

  • JIGNESHKUMAR I. BRAHMBHATT Department of Civil Engineering, BVM Engineering College
  • Prof. R. L. PATEL Department of Civil Engineering, BVM Engineering College

Keywords:

Advanced oxidation process, COD removal, pharmaceutical wastewater, acoustic cavitation

Abstract

In a laboratory study, treatment of dye wastewater having high chemical oxygen demand (COD) in the range of 9000 to
10000 mg/L. by sonolysis was examined. Batch experiments were conducted to determine optimal sonolysis time (with and
without dipping) to obtain the best results. In the present work, degradation of pharmaceutical effluent has been investigated using
acoustic cavitation process. In this study, the effect of acoustic cavitation was examined for the different time intervals from 0 to
90 mins. In acoustic cavitation high frequency probe was used of 20 KHz capacity and reactor capacity was 1 liter. With acoustic
cavitation, maximum COD removal achieved was 75.53% in 75 mins.

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Published

2015-05-25

How to Cite

JIGNESHKUMAR I. BRAHMBHATT, & Prof. R. L. PATEL. (2015). TREATMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL WASTEWATER BY ACOUSTIC CAVITATION. International Journal of Advance Research in Engineering, Science & Technology, 2(5), 180–184. Retrieved from https://ijarest.org/index.php/ijarest/article/view/144

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 5 (2015): Volume: 02, Issue: 05 - May, 2015.

Section

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